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badly

/ˈbæd.li/ adjective C2
  1. Ill, unwell. · He's never badly.
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Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 4 · B2
“They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 26 · B2
So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 26 · B2

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